[jessriedel]

I think you're wrong. For instance, this website about the emergency use authorization for the Moderna vaccine says, for equal sized vaccinated and control groups, that

> Vaccine efficacy against hospitalization due to COVID-19 was 89% (95% CI: 13%, 89%). Deaths were also uncommon, 6 in the vaccine group and 7 in the placebo group.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/recs/grade/covid-19-modern...

In other words, there was not nearly enough data to tell whether it was effective at reducing deaths, and only weak data on hospitalizations.

Do you have a cite that describes it otherwise? If not, please edit your comment.